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SÃO PAULO STREET SLANG FOR SOMETHING THAT'S 'FU*KING COOL', DAORA IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MOST CUTTING-EDGE BEAT
CULTURE & PERCUSSIVE-ORIENTED MUSIC THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ALTERNATIVE LANES OF BRASIL'S THIRD WORLD MEGALOPOLIS.
THIS LIMITED EDITION LP SAMPLER FEATURES THE CHOICEST DJ CUTS AND COMES WITH A DOWNLOAD CODE GIVING ACCESS TO THE
FULL 32 TRACKS AS FEATURED ON THE CD/DOWNLOAD.
COMPILED BY SUBTERRANEAN HIGHLANDER, PROLIFIC LYRICIST, AND THE OFFICIAL MC OF THE ZULU NATION BRASIL, RODRIGO BRANDÃO,
DAORA GUIDES YOU THROUGH THE HIEROGLYPHIC SPRAYED STREETS OF URBAN BRASIL WITH A PANORAMIC PLAYLIST OF LEFTFIELD
JOINTS WHERE BOOM-BAP MEETS BRASILIAN RHYTHMIC AND MELODIC HERITAGE...
1/ ESPIÃO Cada Um, Cada Um
2/ AMABIS FEAT. CRIOLO Para Mulatu
4/ M. TAKARA 3 Rei Da Cocada
5/ KAROL CONKÁ Corre, Corre Erê
FOREST)
3/ DJ MAKO Blu
6/ RODRIGO BRANDÃO Atoanagaroa
LADO B: ...E QUE ESTRALE OS TAMBOR (...AND MAY THE DRUMS SOUND)
1/ ICONILI Mulato
BACK3/ ABAYOMY AFROBEAT ORQUESTRA Malunguinho
2 / METÁ METÁ Orunmilá
4/ SORAIA DRUMMOND Sorriso Forte Na Luta
YOU’RE ABOUT TO ENTER THE VOID. Street sounds from
São Paulo, with connections to other spots in Brasil, such
as Salvador (the Orishas capitol of the country), Recife
(motherland to the infectious Mangue Beat), Curitiba (call
it Neverland), Minas Gerais (birthplace of the infamous
Clube Da Esquina, spearheaded by the incredible Milton
Nascimento), and Rio de Janeiro (the one and only
Sambadrome). The style is unorthodox, urgent, dirty and
undeniably from this time and space we call 'now'. Blending
both the foundations of boom-bap and brasilian rhythmic
and melodic heritage, Daora is an introduction to the most
cutting-edge beat culture and percussive oriented music
that's happening in the alternative lanes of this particular
third world megalopolis and its' like-minded peers from other
landscapes. Take a walk with us through these hieroglyphic
pixo letter-sprayed streets.
In unavoidable b-boy style, disc ‘Um’ starts with a couple of
gifted rhymers who got MPB (Música Popular Brasileira –
popular brasilian music listened by everyone, everywhere)
elements in their tracks (Espião, Ogi & Stereodubs) before
we switch to the other side of the moon and modern-day MPB
artists with hip hop influences (Curumin, Amabis). What else
would you expect from these post-tropicalist cats?
After that, heads start to feel the effects of the high with
some of the finest psychedelic rap tunes the urban jungle
has ever produced (DJ Mako, Elo Da Corrente and yours
truly), which are suitably dope bedfellows to the heavyweight
leftfield cuts that follow (Tetine, Response Pirituba, M.
Takara 3).
Next thing you know, the new generation of mic controllers
are bringin’ it back to the roots with local flavour (Sombra,
Rincón Sapiência, Karol Conká, Doncesão), before we
hit the final frontier with dope-ass 21st century free jazz
(Psilosamples, Bodes & Elefantes).
If there’s an acid chaos impression runnin’ around yourself
at some point, don’t worry... that’s how it feels to be in the
raw, rugged São Paulo atmosphere that is also incredibly
surrealistic, creative driven and makes one feel alive like
a punch in the face and a sloppy tongue kiss, both at the
same time.
Disc ‘Dois’ of Daora brings the party in a more Afro and
dubwise but always spiritual direction, starting with a
panoramic selection that showcases the different styles
representin’ Minas Gerais (Iconili), Recife (Afrobombas) and
SP (Rodrigo Campos, Bixiga 70).
Compiled by Rodrigo Brandão with additional selections on
Dois from Lewis Robinson. Cover image by Daniel Melim.
Designed by Tristan Manco.
5/ AFROBOMBAS De Sal & Sol Eu Sou
Next-up are the sons & daughters of the city’s 80’s avantgarde generation who show their powers, bridgin’ to some of
that good ol’reggae feeling (Metá Metá, Iara Rennó, Anelis
Assumpção, Braunation).
Rio de Janeiro’s spontaneous afro-pop energy comes next to
bring balance (Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra, Lucas Santanna
– born in Salvador but livin’ in the ‘wonderful city’ for a long
time – and BNegão & Seletores de Frequência), opening the
way for some modern voices from Bahia (Soraia Drummond,
Baiana System), probably the most african part of the whole
country.
At last but not least, some jazzy-oriented anthems show up
to close the cycle with a finesse that pays tribute to the old
school icons who made it worldwide back in the days, from
Pixinguinha to Dom Um Romão (Afroelectro, Sambanzo and
Os Ritmistas).
Hopefully, at the end of this audio tour you’re familiar with
the natural mystic in the air, far beyond the “nothing but
football and carnival” cliché concept that sticks to those who
don’t know the half.
Rodrigo Brandão, April 2013, São Paulo
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FULL TRACKLIST & CREDITS FOR THE DOWNLOAD ALBUM
1/ ESPIÃO Cada Um, Cada Um (Osvaldo Cardoso) 2/ OGI & STEREODUBS Talarico
(Ogi/ Stereodubs) 3/ CURUMIN Vestido De Prata (Jorge Alfredo Guimarães)
Peermusic do Brasil Edições Musicais Ltda 4/ AMABIS FEAT. CRIOLO Para Mulatu
(Gui Amabis/ Criolo) 5/ DJ MAKO Blu (Victor Makoto) 6/ ELO DA CORRENTE Pedaço
De Nada (Caio Neri / Pitzan Oliveira / Marcos Koga / Marcelo Munari) 7/ RODRIGO
BRANDÃO Atoanagaroa (Rodrigo Brandão / Pedro Angeli) 8/ TETINE Burning Land
(Bruno Verner / Eliete Mejorado) Slum Dunk Music 9/ RESPONSE PIRITUBA M. B.
Williams (Marcos Gerez) 10/ M. TAKARA 3 Rei Da Cocada (Mauricio Takara) 11/
SOMBRA Homem Sem Face (Marcelo Cabral / Daniel Bozzio/ Sombra) 12/ RINCON
SAPIÊNCIA Elegância (Rincon Sapiência) 13/ KAROL CONKÁ Corre, Corre Erê (Karol
Conká / Nave) Sony ATV 14/ DONCESÃO Obrigahh (Doncesão / Dj Caíque)
15/ PSILOSAMPLES Meteorango Kid (José Segundo) 16/ BODES & ELEFANTES
Noon And I'm Still Asleep (Live) (Guilherme Granado) 17/ RODRIGO CAMPOS Sou De
Salvador (Rodrigo Campos) 18/ ICONILI Mulato (Iconili) 19/ BIXIGA 70 Balboa Da
Silva (Cris Scabelo) 20/ AFROBOMBAS Do Sal & Sol Eu Sou (Jorge du Peixe)
21/ METÁ METÁ Orunmilá (Douglas Germano / Kiko Dinucci) 22/ IARA RENNÓ FEAT.
TOM ZÉ Conversa (Mario De Andrade / Iara Rennó) 23/ ANELIS ASSUMPÇÃO Not
Falling (Anelis Assumpção / Giba Nascimento) 24/ BRAUNATION Os Tambores Do
Meu Povo (Mahal Pipa) 25/ ABAYOMY AFROBEAT ORQUESTRA Malunguinho (PD /
arr. Thiago Oliveira & Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra) 26/ LUCAS SANTTANA Músico
(Tom Zé / Herbert Vianna/ Bi Ribeiro) 27/ BNEGÃO & SELETORES DE FREQUÊNCIA
Bass Do Tambô (BNegão/ Fabio Kalunga/ Robson Riva / Pedro Selector / Fabiano
Moreno) 28/ SORAIA DRUMMOND Sorriso Forte Na Luta (Soraia Drummond)
29/ BAIANA SYSTEM Terapia (Marcelo Seco / Robertinho Barreto / Russo
Passapusso) 30/ AFROELECTRO Cala Boca Menino (Dorival Caymmi)
31/ SAMBANZO Etiópia (Thiago França) YB 32/ OS RITMISTAS Abeuê (Dany
Roland / Zéro Télles / Stéphane Sanjuan) 2+2 editora. All tracks licensed direct
from the artists except Curumin courtesy of Six Degrees; Rodrigo Campos,
Sambanzo & Amabis feat. Criolo courtesy of YB Music and Metá Metá,
Psilosamples, Response Pirituba & M. Takara 3 courtesy of desmonta. All tracks cc
except where indicated. Thanks to everyone who helped make the project happen.
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DAORA UNDERGROUND SOUNDS OF URBAN BRASIL: HIP-HOP, BEATS, AFRO & DUB
LADO A: FLORESTA DE CONCRETO & AÇO (CONCRETE & STEEL
UNDERGROUND SOUNDS OF URBAN BRASIL
HIP-HOP, BEATS, AFRO & DUB
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